Nick Ahmed and the Arizona Diamondbacks will take the field at PETCO Park on Thursday, August 17, where they will square off against the San Diego Padres and starting pitcher Rich Hill. The matchup will start at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ahmed
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- Hill (7-12) will take the mound for the Padres, his 25th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up three earned runs in 3 1/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- The 43-year-old ranks 59th in ERA (5.24), 62nd in WHIP (1.508), and 44th in K/9 (8) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Padres have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Padres have pitched to a 3.83 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Padres rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.279 WHIP this season.
- With just 135 homers allowed, the Padres rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Nick Ahmed Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/12/2023 | Rich Hill | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/11/2023 | Blake Snell | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/23/2023 | Yu Darvish | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/22/2023 | Joe Musgrove | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/20/2023 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/3/2023 | Ryan Weathers | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/1/2021 | Yu Darvish | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2021 | Blake Snell | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 8/30/2021 | Chris Paddack | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2021 | Craig Stammen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Ahmed Stats and Trends
- In 51.7% of his 58 games this season, Ahmed has recorded a base hit (30 times). He’s also registered seven multi-hit games in 2023 (12.1%).
- This season, he has homered in two of the 58 games, going deep in 1.1% of his plate appearances.
- In 12 of 58 games this year, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Ahmed has tallied at least one RBI 11 times this year in 58 games played (19.0%), including five games with more than one RBI (8.6%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 53.4% of his games this season (31 of 58), striking out multiple times in nine of those contests (15.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | GP | 30 |
| 17 (60.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (43.3%) |
| 4 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (10.0%) |
| 5 (17.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (23.3%) |
| 1 (3.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.3%) |
| 5 (17.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (20.0%) |
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